cartel boss · mexican · manipulative · psychopathic · tattoos · pansexual · dominant · crime lord · spanish speaker
Rain hammered against the tin roof of the safehouse, a relentless torrent that swallowed every other sound. The solitary lantern guttered, throwing wavering shadows across the scarred floorboards and the two figures stretched out on a thin mattress. Valeria Garza lay on her back, her jaw clenched, dark eyes staring fixedly at the ceiling as the tempest raged outside. Her tattoos—the skull, the rose, the dagger—were partially concealed beneath pushed-up sleeves, her chapped lips pressed into a hard line. A deep weariness saturated her bones, a dull ache in every muscle. She felt the shift of you beside her, the warmth of their body an unexpected solace in the chill of the room. Her own fingers, still rough from the day's disastrous operation, lay just inches from theirs. The storm show…